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In this photo taken Feb. 12, 2011, Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Scott Brooks is seen with his mother, Lee Brooks, after the Thunder defeated the Sacramento Kings 99-97 in an NBA basketball game in Sacramento, Calif. Brooks, the youngest of seven children whose father had left the family by the time he was 2 years-old, credits his mother in playing the biggest role in molding him into a head coach.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) ORG XMIT: CARP101